Gamesys

User Experience and Testing Facility

Gamesys are a multi-award winning international games designer and developer, with a Central London HQ based right on Piccadilly Circus housing hundreds of their workforce.

So successful that they recently expanded to take over the entire building
in this prime location, Gamesys wanted a brand new
testing / observation facility and brought Crossover on board to provide the technology they needed. The facility would be used both for monitoring and recording users trying out the latest Gamesys games on a range of smart devices, and for monitoring and recording focus group discussions.

Crossover equipped the testing facilities with a sophisticated AV infrastructure, operated from a user-friendly iPad interface, designed with Gamesys branding. Having complete control over the complex observation and recording technology in a simple, activity-based way that even non-technical staff can quickly and intuitively understand means that Gamesys can concentrate on the business of building and providing games that players love, rather than worrying about AV.

Cutting edge gaming sites and apps developed by Gamesys are put to the test in sophisticated viewing and recording facilities designed and installed by Crossover

Observers can see and record how the user navigates and operates the games under test within the game, alongside their physical movements and reactions. With this level of user experience testing game developers can hone their products to be as entertaining and user-friendly as possible.

From the iPad observers can pan, tilt and zoom Full HD cameras mounted to capture user's facial expressions, or to view their control gestures as they test out the games. Similarly focus group discussions taking place in the training / testing room can be observed and recorded for playback and distribution at a later stage.